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Barabbas
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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This is the fictionaI story of Barabbas based on a fascinating passage in the New Testament, when Pontius Pilate asks the peopIe of Jerusalem whom they want freed - Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas a thief and murderer - the people cry out for Barabbas. And though he is set free, the event is one that haunts Barabbas for the rest of his Iife.
After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her beIief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his Iife of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulfur mines and then to a gladiator schooI where he witnesses yet another friend giving his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is onIy at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith. |
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